Foekje Boersma is Head of the Collection Preservation Department. She specialises in sustainable collection management: taking care of the printed collections, while keeping a careful eye on energy and resources.

The e-Depot of the KB, the national library of the Netherlands, has been awarded the CoreTrustSeal for Trustworthy Data Repositories. 

The KB, the National Library of the Netherlands, has signed a multiyear contract with library software maker Ex Libris for the use of their digital archiving system Rosetta.

Are you a KB member? Or are you planning a visit to the KB? Find all the information you need about visting and memberships here.

Contact information, address and opening hours.

Information about updating your membership details.

Information about cancelling your membership of KB and cooling-off periode. 

Requesting, borrowing, renewing and referring to books

Digital preservation is about keeping our digital collection accessible in the long term. Read more about this expertise of the KB.

If you’re starting a career in the sciences and want to use our digital collection for research, why not become a researcher-in-residence at the KB? You can use our databases and collaborate with our Digital Humanities team.